Mesa City Council has approved an $8.4M renovation plan for its historic downtown post office.
The former post office and federal office building, built in 1937, will become a community events space known as The Post.
The federal government gifted the building to Mesa in 2002 with a stipulation that it be put to public use. At one point, it was planned as a new home for the Mesa Historical Museum. The City scrapped that plan when it appeared the museum use would not be economically sustainable.
Mesa voters approved two bond measures that included money for the building. Those bonds will provide the new renovation funding.
Plans include office space and an 8KSF public events center, along with new signage and landscaping. Completion is expected to take approximately a year after groundbreaking. (Source)
